I’ve been using Manjaro for over a year. Every now and then my wifi adaptor stops connecting to the internet. All I see is the spinning network loading icon. It can do this for anytime from a day to a week, then just start magically working again for weeks/months.
My desktop is actually a dual boot with Windows 8.1, so the first thing I did was switch to the OS to make sure it wasn’t an issue with my internet. It worked fine on Windows, so I booted Manjaro again and the same problem persisted. Then I switched to Windows then back to Manjaro. Behaviour was same as previously mentioned. I also have an older wifi adaptor with a crappy range, which is what I switch to when the problem occurs. I switch between the old and new one daily, until the new one starts working again.
Does anyone have any idea why this might be happening?
Thanks.
More info:
Here’s my wifi adapter model r8188eu (usb d-link)
Today is the 2022-07-27. Here’s the latest update log. I’ve been using the OS since the update with no problems.
[2022-07-24T11:51:52+0300] [ALPM] upgraded xdg-desktop-portal (1.14.4-1 -> 1.14.5-1)
[2022-07-24T11:51:52+0300] [ALPM] upgraded xapp (2.2.12-1 -> 2.2.13-1)
[2022-07-24T11:51:52+0300] [ALPM] upgraded wxwidgets-gtk3 (3.2.0-2 -> 3.2.0-4)
[2022-07-24T11:51:52+0300] [ALPM] upgraded wxwidgets-common (3.2.0-2 -> 3.2.0-4)
[2022-07-24T11:51:51+0300] [ALPM] upgraded woff2 (1.0.2-3 -> 1.0.2-4)
[2022-07-24T11:51:51+0300] [ALPM] upgraded samba (4.16.2-1 -> 4.16.3-1)
[2022-07-24T11:51:51+0300] [ALPM] upgraded smbclient (4.16.2-1 -> 4.16.3-1)
[2022-07-24T11:51:50+0300] [ALPM] upgraded rtkit (0.13-1 -> 0.13-2)
[2022-07-24T11:51:50+0300] [ALPM] upgraded python-pyjwt (2.2.0-3 -> 2.4.0-1)
[2022-07-24T11:51:50+0300] [ALPM] upgraded python-markdown (3.3.7-1 -> 3.4.1-1)
[2022-07-24T11:51:50+0300] [ALPM] upgraded pipewire (1:0.3.55-2 -> 1:0.3.56-1)
[2022-07-24T11:51:50+0300] [ALPM] upgraded sbc (1.5-2 -> 2.0-1)
[2022-07-24T11:51:50+0300] [ALPM] upgraded os-prober (1.79-1 -> 1.81-1)
[2022-07-24T11:51:50+0300] [ALPM] upgraded mpg123 (1.29.3-2 -> 1.30.1-1)
[2022-07-24T11:51:50+0300] [ALPM] upgraded manjaro-release (21.3.4-1 -> 21.3.5-1)
[2022-07-24T11:51:50+0300] [ALPM] upgraded libnotify (0.8.0-2 -> 0.8.1-1)
[2022-07-24T11:51:50+0300] [ALPM] upgraded libbs2b (3.1.0-7 -> 3.1.0-8)
[2022-07-24T11:51:50+0300] [ALPM] upgraded lib32-libldap (2.6.2-1 -> 2.6.3-1)
[2022-07-24T11:51:50+0300] [ALPM] upgraded jasper (3.0.4-1 -> 3.0.6-1)
[2022-07-24T11:51:50+0300] [ALPM] upgraded hwinfo (21.81-1 -> 21.82-1)
[2022-07-24T11:51:50+0300] [ALPM] upgraded hdparm (9.63-2 -> 9.64-1)
[2022-07-24T11:51:50+0300] [ALPM] upgraded gtksourceview3 (3.24.11+28+g73e57b57-1 -> 1:3.24.11+r28+g73e57b57-1)
[2022-07-24T11:51:50+0300] [ALPM] upgraded gnome-menus (3.36.0-1 -> 3.36.0-2)
[2022-07-24T11:51:50+0300] [ALPM] upgraded gcr (3.41.0-2 -> 3.41.1-1)
[2022-07-24T11:51:46+0300] [ALPM] upgraded gcab (1.4-1 -> 1.4-2)
[2022-07-24T11:51:46+0300] [ALPM] upgraded code (1.69.1-1 -> 1.69.2-1)
[2022-07-24T11:51:45+0300] [ALPM] upgraded brave-browser (1.41.96-1 -> 1.41.100-1)
[2022-07-24T11:51:44+0300] [ALPM] upgraded libldap (2.6.2-2 -> 2.6.3-1)
[2022-07-24T11:51:43+0300] [ALPM] upgraded alsa-card-profiles (1:0.3.55-2 -> 1:0.3.56-1)
brahma
July 27, 2022, 5:06pm
2
provide formatted output from:inxi -Fazy
Ok, I think it’s solved and it’s really weird.
So it turns out it was my “internet connection” that was the issue. I switched out my adaptors after the boot to test and the issue was still happening. It worked with one and not the other. But I had a weird feeling about something so I powered off my 4G Huawei B715 mobile router and on again and tested the adaptors. Both adaptors worked!
I have no idea why at some point my mobile router stops connecting to Manjaro only with my d-link adaptor, but there you have it.
Since it was asked, here’s the output to inxi -Fazy
System:
Kernel: 5.10.131-1-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.1.0
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.10-x86_64
root=UUID=437cf3e6-b08f-4c26-b807-14ea1039cbbd rw quiet
udev.log_priority=3
Desktop: Xfce v: 4.16.0 tk: Gtk v: 3.24.29 info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm
v: 4.16.1 vt: 7 dm: LightDM v: 1.30.0 Distro: Manjaro Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Desktop System: Gigabyte product: N/A v: N/A
serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 3 serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: Gigabyte model: F2A88XM-DS2 v: x.x serial: <superuser required>
BIOS: American Megatrends v: F1 date: 08/27/2013
CPU:
Info: model: AMD Athlon X4 740 bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Piledriver
built: 2012-13 process: GF 32nm family: 0x15 (21) model-id: 0x10 (16)
stepping: 1 microcode: 0x6001119
Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 4 smt: enabled cache: L1: 192 KiB
desc: d-4x16 KiB; i-2x64 KiB L2: 4 MiB desc: 2x2 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 1483 high: 1689 min/max: 1400/3200 boost: enabled
scaling: driver: acpi-cpufreq governor: schedutil cores: 1: 1452 2: 1689
3: 1397 4: 1397 bogomips: 25561
Flags: avx ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm
Vulnerabilities:
Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected
Type: l1tf status: Not affected
Type: mds status: Not affected
Type: meltdown status: Not affected
Type: mmio_stale_data status: Not affected
Type: spec_store_bypass
mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl and seccomp
Type: spectre_v1
mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Retpolines, STIBP: disabled, RSB filling
Type: srbds status: Not affected
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
Device-1: AMD Oland PRO [Radeon R7 240/340 / Radeon 520] vendor: XFX Pine
driver: radeon v: kernel alternate: amdgpu arch: GCN 1 process: TSMC 28nm
built: 2011-20 pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 8 link-max: gen: 3
speed: 8 GT/s ports: active: VGA-1 empty: DVI-D-1,HDMI-A-1 bus-ID: 01:00.0
chip-ID: 1002:6613 class-ID: 0300
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.4 compositor: xfwm v: 4.16.1 driver: X:
loaded: radeon unloaded: modesetting alternate: fbdev,vesa gpu: radeon
display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1680x1050 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 444x277mm (17.48x10.91")
s-diag: 523mm (20.6")
Monitor-1: VGA-1 mapped: VGA-0 model: Acer X223W Q serial: <filter>
built: 2008 res: 1680x1050 hz: 60 dpi: 90 gamma: 1.2
size: 474x296mm (18.66x11.65") diag: 559mm (22") ratio: 16:10 modes:
max: 1680x1050 min: 720x400
Message: Unable to show GL data. Required tool glxinfo missing.
Audio:
Device-1: AMD FCH Azalia vendor: Gigabyte driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
bus-ID: 00:14.2 chip-ID: 1022:780d class-ID: 0403
Device-2: AMD Oland/Hainan/Cape Verde/Pitcairn HDMI Audio [Radeon HD 7000
Series]
vendor: XFX Pine driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s
lanes: 8 link-max: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:aab0
class-ID: 0403
Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.10.131-1-MANJARO running: yes
Sound Server-2: JACK v: 1.9.21 running: no
Sound Server-3: PulseAudio v: 16.1 running: yes
Sound Server-4: PipeWire v: 0.3.56 running: yes
Network:
Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
vendor: Gigabyte driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s
lanes: 1 port: d000 bus-ID: 02:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp2s0 state: down mac: <filter>
Device-2: D-Link type: USB driver: r8188eu bus-ID: 1-5:5
chip-ID: 2001:331b class-ID: 0000 serial: <filter>
IF: wlp0s18f2u5 state: up mac: <filter>
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 931.51 GiB used: 55.44 GiB (6.0%)
SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends
ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Seagate model: ST1000DM003-1CH162
size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
type: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: <filter> rev: CC49 scheme: MBR
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 694.45 GiB size: 682.48 GiB (98.28%)
used: 55.44 GiB (8.1%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda5 maj-min: 8:5
Swap:
Alert: No swap data was found.
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 7.4 C mobo: N/A gpu: radeon temp: 43.0 C
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Info:
Processes: 214 Uptime: 28m wakeups: 0 Memory: 7.78 GiB
used: 2.02 GiB (26.0%) Init: systemd v: 251 default: graphical
tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 12.1.0 clang: 14.0.6 Packages: pacman: 1129
lib: 316 Shell: Bash v: 5.1.16 running-in: xfce4-terminal inxi: 3.3.19
brahma
July 28, 2022, 7:59am
4
so is it fixed or you still have the issue?
It’s fixed. Sorry, I forgot to mark the solution, and have updated it now.
system
August 1, 2022, 8:56am
6
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